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  • Summary: World War One expands to the mountains of the Italian Front - beautiful but deadly in equal measure. Inspired by the two year struggle for control of the Isonzo river valley and the Alps during World War One, Isonzo elevates the WW1 Games Series, figuratively and literally. From the makersWorld War One expands to the mountains of the Italian Front - beautiful but deadly in equal measure. Inspired by the two year struggle for control of the Isonzo river valley and the Alps during World War One, Isonzo elevates the WW1 Games Series, figuratively and literally. From the makers of Verdun and Tannenberg…

    Take part in historical offensives from the Sixth Battle of the Isonzo to the Strafexpedition. Reflecting the course of the actual battles, as the attackers advance the fighting will shift through vastly different landscapes within a single offensive: from hillside fortresses to mountain trenches and fierce urban combat on city streets. Everything is recreated based on research and field trips, from sound effects and uniforms down to the houses, vineyards and trenches you’ll be fighting over.
    The new Offensive game mode puts you right in the middle of key historical offensives on the Italian Front. Lead the charge across stunning Italian landscapes as you choose your path to victory - cut paths through barbed wire, flank your enemies by following mountain trails, or man a mortar to blast a way through. Shape a dynamic battlefield by laying sandbags and wire, placing ammo crates, deploying trench periscopes or sniper shields, and more.
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  1. Positive: 3 out of 7
  2. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Sep 20, 2022
    87
    Isonzo commits to the WW1-era faithfully, with the pro’s and con’s that come with dealing with that time periods battles. I enjoyed the slower pace and more methodical approach to combat and objective capturing, and hope to see it continue to build a community of players willing to invest the time into the long battles.
  2. Sep 18, 2022
    80
    All in all, Isonzo is very good at what it sets out to do, which is provide an authentic WW1 battlefield for players to experience, this time way up in the Italian Alps. The series' new setting does add some nice visual variety to proceedings, and the extra verticality has a pretty major impact on gameplay and match flow, but ultimately, we would like a little more meat on the bone, whether that be more online modes, gameplay options or even a single player campaign one day. What's here though is bloody brutally brilliant, and if you enjoy a more tactical approach to online warfare, Isonzo is definitely worth a shot - just remember to rechamber that rifle!
  3. Sep 15, 2022
    75
    Isonzo is a multiplayer game with a solid proposal that has some problems. In relation to its realism, the beauty of its landscapes, the wildness of its confrontations, you have a game that can give you a lot. Although it is a niche game. The main problems that Isonzo WW1 has, besides some technical issues such as the texture overload or the horrible and screeching screams of dying men that sound out of tune, have to do with the design of its offensives. In my opinion, these confrontations can last longer than they should.
  4. Sep 26, 2022
    74
    Isonzo is a historically accurate WW1 shooter, with slow and long battles to conquer a few meters of the battlefield. Definitely an improvement over the previous games of the series, but it still needs some refinements and fixes, especially in balance and variety, to really be an unmissable game.
  5. Sep 16, 2022
    73
    Easily my favorite in the series, Isonzo offers class based and slow paced World War I gameplay that surely takes some getting used to, but is also a very unique experience compared to other shooters in the genre. The verticality of the level design of cliffside battles and unique classes is what keeps me coming back for one more onslaught on the battlefield, even if the map variety is a bit low and only having a single mode can be tiresome at times. While Isonzo may not have the polish and same experience of a top shelf AAA shooter, it’s quite clear to see that it’s a labor of love and passion from a smaller team that aims to bring a historically accurate representation of WWI combat that should appeal to its specific niche audience.
  6. Sep 26, 2022
    70
    A great and realistic way to disguise the WW1 on a multiplayer shooter. Isonzo is the best of WW1 Game Series.
  7. Oct 11, 2022
    60
    As much as you can when you find yourself replaying the Great War, Isonzo can be enjoyable. The realistic and authentic attention to detail and area focus is something to be admired, yet it is much harder than any other shooter, as you try to come to terms with tactics and the careful nature of war.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 4
  2. Negative: 1 out of 4
  1. Sep 18, 2022
    9
    This a tremendously fun large scale team based battle in a spectacular setting. Slower paced than battlefield 2042, which takes some gettingThis a tremendously fun large scale team based battle in a spectacular setting. Slower paced than battlefield 2042, which takes some getting used to, and less complex, yet far more interesting, with genuine team play, a real sense of dynamic battles with attack and counterattack. Isonzo has a pacing and coherence that should send AAA studios a wake-up call as to what makes this kind of game fun. Congrats, this is a great achievement. Expand
  2. Oct 13, 2022
    7
    I would recommend Verdun or Tannenberg for a similar but more refined experience.
  3. Feb 4, 2023
    5
    WW1 Verdun was very good. It was bare bones but it was intense and addictive. Isonzo is too complicated for its own good.
  4. Sep 24, 2022
    0
    It is a disgrace how M2H and Blackmill Games disrespected Slovenians by completely ignoring us and our history of being constantly attacked,It is a disgrace how M2H and Blackmill Games disrespected Slovenians by completely ignoring us and our history of being constantly attacked, killed, genocided and tried to be deleted from history by every neighbouring nation, especially also Italy. One does not simply rename all geography Slovene names into Italian names because it seams more convenient for marketing! This just shows how stupidly ignorant and disrespectful the people at M2H and Blackmill Games are. Would you also go and rename all French geographic names into German in a WWII game like France doesn't even exist? Your people actually visited these places in Slovenia and still act like we don't exist?! Wow! What is this, did Italy bribe you to promote their fascist tendencies or are you just happy to support one sided genocidal versions of history? Expand

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